SummaryFrank Remnick (Jason Clarke), a U.S. Marshal in a remote part of Alaska, works to protect a town from dangerous convicts from a downed prison transport plane in the thriller series co-created by Jon Bokenkamp and Richard D'Ovidio.
Created By:Jon Bokenkamp, Richard D'Ovidio
The Last Frontier (2025)
Season 1 Premiere:
Oct 10, 2025
Metascore
Mixed or Average
53
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Oct 9, 2025
80
It's a well-crafted series that keeps you guessing, with some excellent set pieces as well. Some of the supremely dangerous convicts and antagonistic forces could feel a little scarier or more dangerous, but The Last Frontier still boasts spycraft hat regularly feels new.
Oct 9, 2025
65
Ultimately, I think it scores more than it fails, but your mileage may vary depending on your tolerance for lies and deceit.
User score
Generally Favorable
54% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
31% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
14% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Dec 19, 2025
10
Better than most series I've seen this year. Plenty of plot twists to keep things interesting. Unlike some reviewers, I didn't find it either dull or slow-paced. If a second series is made, I'd certainly watch it.
Feb 4, 2026
8
"The Last Frontier" (S01, 10 eps, 50+ mins, Apple+) This was a great 10-ep spy thriller set in the unforgiving landscape of Alaska. Character development was excellent for a relatively short set of episodes. This is yet another CIA-focused spy thriller that involves elements of the US Marshals' service. Unfortunately, it's also yet another case of an excellent series being drop kicked to the curb as if it was a woke Disney+ property. I don't get it. WTF is wrong with Apple+ in killing a good series that had plenty of storytelling capacity for at least three seasons?! At least, it didn't end on a cliffhanger. Last Frontier - another one and done
Oct 13, 2025
60
Whether The Last Frontier can maintain this pace for the next nine hours is unlikely. But it’s a good start more than a rocky one (and note, future episodes reportedly stray from some of the core drama as Frank and co. track down loose escapees). Give it another ep or two before you move on.
Oct 10, 2025
50
“The Last Frontier” flits between two distinct modes, one entertaining and one frustrating.
Oct 10, 2025
50
The further “The Last Frontier” gets into the halls of power or Sidney’s past as the daughter of an agency legend — yes, she’s the CIA’s version of a nepo baby — the more you’ll wish we were back out on the frozen plain, hunting for murderous psychopaths as the elements do their worst.
Oct 9, 2025
40
It’s the very opposite of fast-moving, a lumbering and padded journey that stretches two hours of story across 10 hours bogged down in over-telegraphed twists, hollow military jargon and insufferable domestic melodrama, squandering most of the entertainment value of its premise and leaving most of its overqualified cast in the lurch.
Oct 9, 2025
33
The Last Frontier doesn’t necessarily need rich character depth—The Blacklist and 9-1-1 didn’t exactly become hits because of that—but audiences have a limit for manipulation that feels cheap and inconsistent.
Nov 16, 2025
8
The opening scene starts with a riveting crash of a prison transport plane in the barrens of Alaska. This unleashes all of the violent inmates into the snowy wild and the stories diverge into their various escapes, esp. the mysterious former CIA agent (Dominic Cooper). Jason Clarke is cast as the U.S. Marshall charged with tracking them down. The action sequences are well-done and mildly violent and that’s the best aspect of the series. The personal interactions tend to drag the pace, but they’re sufficiently involving to fill the time until the next bad event. Clarke’s character is more interesting in Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” (my review), but he still manages to juggle the challenges effectively. The plot wanders with the inevitable betrayals and revelations, but it’s still worth a watch, esp. for the riveting moments of action. (Review based on 7 out of 10 one-hour eps)
Oct 14, 2025
5
Lots of talent and potential wasted by poor writing. Had some doubts in the first episode, but the second went downhill fast enough that we stopped watching. Characters, situations, dialog, all lacking enough sense to be worthwhile. A shame.
Oct 12, 2025
4
This series started with such promise...Solid acting from Clarke and the rest of the cast, beautiful visuals and engaging start. Then it quickly lost steam. As so many other shows these days, they stretched 90 minutes of story to a full season. Milking the storyline seems to be the thing in the streaming era. Bloated story, pointless plot threads, awful CGI and 5 or 6 hours too long.
Wasted talent and opportunity.
Jan 2, 2026
3
So much potential. I gave it 5 episodes before I decided to dip. I think I'm a fairly patient and forgiving viewer. Once I start a show, I try to see it through. I'll give a long leash to middling material hoping for that big reveal or turning point that makes it all worthwhile. I typically afford a show a few of what I call "eye roll moments" where unrealistic things happen or ridiculous writing/dialog takes place in order to create drama or to serve the story albeit in some shallow way. Beyond that, I just start feeling manipulated and frustrated at the assaults on my intelligence. I just couldn't do it anymore.
